Wu Chu was born in the early sixties. When I was a child, I saw a big flatbed pushing my wife. Bamboo rings are set up on both sides of the car with bamboo poles, red silk quilts are hung and red blankets are laid on them, which makes it a simple car. The bride wore a red coat, covered her head with a red veil and sat cross-legged. The people who greeted him were surrounded by two trumpeters who played suona and walked in front of the team. In the 1970s, bicycles were used to pick up relatives. In the long bicycle queue, the bride sat in the back seat, and the red dress stood out. Around the 1980 s, marriage was changed to walking tractors and agricultural vehicles hitting people. Motorcycles emerged in the 1990s, and long motorcades are the most respected. Later, cars joined in. By about 2000, the cars were completely used up.

Thirty years of reform and opening up

-Changes in marriage customs in China.

Marriage is a major event in life that everyone has to experience. After 30 years of reform and opening up, many changes have taken place in marriage customs. "Before the reform and opening up, the bride's groom unveiled her veil, and her parents cried, but the dowry was very simple ... now marriage is more luxurious." Since the reform and opening up, we have been deeply touched by the changes in marriage customs.

Before the reform and opening up: getting married is just like playing a TV series.

Before the reform and opening-up, there were customs such as crying for marriage, worshipping the bride, uncovering the red veil, and sprinkling dates, lotus seeds and peanuts on the bed of husband and wife. At that time, the bride was invisible to the guests. After the bride and groom pay homage to the wedding, the bride is sent directly to the bridal chamber, and then the groom unveils the red veil. Before marriage, it was really like a TV series. With the continuous improvement of living standards, many customs have gradually faded out of people's sight, but in some rural areas, the custom of crying marriage should still be preserved.

In the 30 years of reform and opening up, there has always been a saying about weddings in different eras: "In the 1980 s, three rounds of electricity were needed, and in the 1990 s, three sons and one copy were needed." Through this vivid wedding variation, people really feel that the times are changing and the society is progressing.

From "three turns and one ring" to "three sons and one book"

1983 get married. At that time, marriage was not so particular now, and the layout of new houses and the purchase of goods were very simple. "When you get married, the most popular ones are' three major events'. At that time, it was very difficult to buy these things. In the early days of reform and opening up, the most fashionable thing to get married was "three turns and one ring", which was actually a bicycle, sewing machine and watch, and "one ring" was a tape recorder. At that time, everyone who got married prepared these dowries, which was the most respectable and grand wedding.

In the early 1990s, "three turns and one ring" was gradually replaced by advanced household appliances such as TV, washing machine and refrigerator. In the middle and late 1990s, household appliances such as color TV sets, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators and microwave ovens entered the homes of ordinary people and became essential items on the list of wedding items for newlyweds. At that time, bicycles have been gradually replaced by motorcycles, and cars have begun to be included in the list of wedding items by some wealthy families.

Teacher Chen, who just got married in May this year, said that she and her husband are free to fall in love. With the financial support of their parents, they buy anything they need. They moved their computers home before they got married, and there was no shortage of air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and plasma TVs. "Before we got married, we had our own house and car with the support of our parents." Teacher Chen's face is filled with a happy smile. Nowadays, young people's requirements for marriage are that in addition to "house, car and ticket", they must also have a "bachelor's degree".

From self-cooking to hotel banquets.

At the beginning of reform and opening up. The wedding is simple. At that time, most people hosted banquets at home. Before the wedding, they should prepare what they need, drinks and so on. On their wedding day, they set up a stove in the yard and invited relatives and friends to help. A wedding usually needs several meals.

"In rural areas, many people greet their brides with sedan chairs. There are many rules, such as the bride crying when she gets married and making trouble when she enters the bridal chamber." Since 1980s, the custom of picking up the bride in a sedan chair has been gradually replaced by using a bicycle to marry the bride.

In 1990s, in order to save trouble, rich people began to entrust wedding banquets to hotels, so the traditional wedding customs gradually faded.

When we 1997 got married, the most complicated procedure at that time was to pick up relatives. The groom rushed to the bride's house with the bride's reception team, and it took a lot of trouble to pick up the bride. The bride's family also entertained the bride's reception with some snacks, and then sent the bride away with firecrackers and drums. At this time, the traditional procedures of worshipping heaven and earth and lifting the red veil gradually disappeared. Many people hold weddings in restaurants and hold banquets for friends and elders. Compared with the 1980 s, the grade and pattern of the dining table have been obviously improved.

Nowadays, weddings pay more and more attention to mood, personality, ostentation and extravagance and romance. Luxurious motorcades and star-rated restaurants can make newcomers feel happy and make their relatives feel face-saving. The "face" of marriage customs is quietly changing. Young people of marriageable age are more inclined to entrust wedding companies to carefully create their own personalized weddings.

From black and white photos to romantic wedding dresses, young people at that time. It is very rare to make a suit of Chinese tunic suit and take wedding photos. A young man married a daughter-in-law and couldn't afford a Chinese tunic suit. He just worked in his shop for more than three hours and borrowed a Chinese tunic suit.

In the 1990s, a white gauze dress with a "chic" suit became a hot "signboard" in the photo studio. At that time, there were not many wedding photo studios. Almost every couple took photos in a uniform size dress, and the posture was the same.

In the middle and late 1990s, large and small wedding photo studios began to appear in busy streets. The quality of photo studios is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more dress styles to choose from. Even the typesetting of wedding photos is not vulgar, and screen and shutter styles emerge one after another.